DEDICATION

This web site is dedicated to Professor Sir Reinhold Schumann of Boston
University; a man whose knowledge of his subject is exceeded only by his love for it.
Professor Schumann gave me my first serious introduction to the field of Medieval Studies,
and his encyclopedic grasp of his subject was nothing less than staggering. Thank you,
Professor Schumann, for inspiring me and hundreds of others to pursue our love of the
Middle Ages.